Posts by Sallie's Kitchen Corner
Fudge Pie
Ingredients 1 stick butter 2 squares (1 oz each) of unsweetened baking chocolate 1 cup sugar 2 eggs ¼ cup flour 1 tsp vanilla Piecrust (hint: It’s fine to get the frozen ones in aluminum pans, but the piecrusts that you unroll and place in the pan are better and no more trouble if you…
Read MoreGarlic Toasts with Cheese and Honey
Ingredients French bread slices – 2 to 4 per person 2 Tbsp melted butter ¼ tsp garlic salt Gorgonzola cheese, one thin slice for each piece of bread Honey to drizzle Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir garlic salt into butter Dip one side of bread slices in the butter mixture and place on…
Read MoreGazpacho
Ingredients 3 tomatoes, quartered 1 onion, quartered 1 bell pepper, red or green, quartered 2 cloves garlic, peeled 1 cucumber cut in pieces 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar 1 tsp dried oregano or 1 Tbsp fresh 1 small can V-8 or tomato juice 1 tsp salt (or to taste) Several dashes of hot sauce (to…
Read MoreGazpacho Granita
Ingredients 3 to 4 tomatoes, quartered 1 bell pepper – red or green, seeded and quartered 1 cucumber, peeled and cut into large pieces 1 onion, peeled and quartered 1 clove garlic 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar 1 tsp salt (more to taste) 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp dried oregano ½ cup tomato or V-8…
Read MoreGinger Biscuits
Ingredients 1/4 c crystallized ginger (sometimes called candied ginger) 2 c self-rising flour 1 tsp ground ginger 4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) cold butter, cut in 4 pieces 2 Tbsp molasses or brown sugar 1/2 c buttermilk 2 Tbsp Calvados or apple cider, optional Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees Chop crystallized ginger by hand or…
Read MoreGinger Snaps
Ingredients 1 ½ sticks butter, softened (did that in the microwave) 1 cup light brown sugar 1 egg 1/4 cup molasses *see note for a handy trick 1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger 2 cups flour 1 ½ tsp baking powder 1 Tbsp dry ground ginger 1/2 tsp cardamom 1/2 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp salt Directions…
Read MoreGingersnap Cheesecake
A news report a few days ago stated that 21% of people who eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving don’t like it a bit. That number doesn’t even address the people (like my husband) who will have nothing to do with it. Really, I don’t believe that any pie is unlikeable. It’s pie for heaven sakes!…
Read MoreGlazed Lemon and Olive Oil Cakes
Ingredients 1 1/3 c sugar 2 Tbsp grated lemon zest (2 lemons) 2 eggs 1 c flour 1/4 c olive oil 2/3 c whole milk (I used ½ fat free and ½ half &half) ½ tsp salt ½ tsp baking powder 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves Glaze 1 c confectioners sugar 2 Tbsp butter, melted…
Read MoreGnocchi
Ingredients 2 very large Idaho potatoes 1 egg 1 cup flour, plus extra for rolling gnocchi 1 tsp salt Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake potatoes until tender, about an hour. You can boil them if you prefer, but baking keeps the potatoes drier and fluffier. Handling carefully, peel and mash while still hot.…
Read MoreGoat Cheese and Honey Bites
I have a friend who is moving into fancy new digs, but for the time being is residing in a small but charming apartment with a postage-stamp sized kitchen This does not stop her from throwing the most fabulous dinner parties and getting together interesting people. It doesn’t matter that there aren’t enough soup bowls,…
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